#Reconciliation Week

[ppaleoartistgallery]

Protemnodon viator for Reconciliation Week

Protemnodon viator was a large quadrupedal kangaroo which inhabited Australia from the Pliocene to the late Pleistocene

this #ReconciliationWeek, I want everyone to remember something:

Australia has been inhabited by Aboriginal Australians for at the very least 65,000 years. When we remove their traditional knowledge we quite literally damage the land they once lived in freely, the bushfires over east are a testimate to that.

They've been taking care of country and passing on the oldest continuous knowledge for far longer than the colonisers who usurped them even existed, if anybody is the rightful owners of this country it's the people who have been coexisting with its flora and fauna for centuries.

For the Australians following me, I highly recommend you look at what mob's country you're on, try to learn some of the language if you have the time (I'm privileged to be on Noongar boodja where the Noongar language is still actively spoken).

Non-Australians following me, I suggest you take a look at whether or not you're situated on first nations land, learn the history of the first people of the land, not the history of the people who usurped it. Even learn some of the language if you have the time.

What's important to remember is that we still benefit from colonisation, the bare minimum of what we should be doing to atone for the sins of the past is reconciliation. Acknowledging country at the start of important events, knowing the land you're on, etc. it's all important.

[tseecka]

Had the opportunity this evening to share in the wisdom and learn from the lived experiences of some very powerful speakers and knowledge keepers, while participating in a virtual beading circle. We have done, through colonialism and cultural genocide, so much harm; and there is so much fucking work to do.

[alena-draws]

My contributions to the vashwood society consist of scribbles I did during playing a zombie tabletop game with my family. The game is fun! We died the first times but did manage to finally beat the zombies later on.

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

Thinking about kaveh’s newly found confidence in his relationship with alhaitham, in that he can openly talk about things with ease, such as seemingly mundane things such as his day, while previously personal information was not been shared between them due to their strained rapport and kaveh’s unease with how he fits into alhaitham’s life, such as kaveh going to the desert during the archon quest and not telling alhaitham. Previously viewing himself as a hindrance in alhaitham’s space, taking on all the household chores out of guilt, now kaveh actively takes up the space, both in the house and in alhaitham’s day.

Kaveh sits on the table in the living room because he feels comfortable in their living space, he feels comfortable to do so, as well as sharing wine, and snacks, because he knows alhaitham won’t reject him. they share their evenings together, kaveh buys coffee beans for the two to try together, kaveh buys wine for them to drink together at home, kaveh talks about things of interest in his day, which alhaitham shows active interest in – which is such a contrast to their previous rapport, in which kaveh avoided being upfront with alhaitham due to his perception of alhaitham as critical or judgemental and ultimately misunderstanding him

kaveh doesn’t think twice about picking up research on the temple of silence with alhaitham, despite how it mirrors their past thesis of king deshret and how it manifested in their differences pushing them apart, he openly offers to help alhaitham – in fact, he doesn’t even ask, he hears alhaitham’s unspoken request and responds to it in kind, agreeing to combine their efforts where they had previously rejected each other

when alhaitham excuses himself from the gathering at puspa’s café, saying that it’s him ‘done for the day’, kaveh follows this up with asking alhaitham if they should head to the house of daena before returning home. Kaveh is confident in his position as a priority in alhaitham’s life, whereas before, he couldn’t understand what alhaitham wanted from him, but here, kaveh understands that alhaitham simply wants kaveh’s presence – kaveh is assured enough in this to separate himself from alhaitham’s excuse to leave the gathering, he states ‘should we’, coupling himself with alhaitham, as he knows alhaitham won’t reject him – and alhaitham doesn’t reject him at all, in fact he shares the same mind as kaveh, stating ‘my thoughts exactly’ in the two leaving the company of the party, and heading home together. The two now have shared, aligned priorities – each other, and this is known between them

kaveh is all too aware of their differences, believing them to be mirror opposites, but, unlike alhaitham, he previously believed them to be ultimately misaligned – having opposing views to never intersect, whereas alhaitham believed that kaveh, as his mirror, was integral to the enhancement of his world and of his character. Now, kaveh has not only accepted himself as alhaitham’s mirror, seeing the benefit in the two of them finally working together once more, but also is comfortable with this, with this importance that he has in alhaitham’s life. rather than being guilt ridden about the burden he perceives he places on alhaitham, he accepts and enjoys alhaitham’s regard of him, as now this is an expressly mutual sentiment.

Kaveh is now confident in alhaitham’s esteem of him, his care, his intentions. he knows how tenuous their relationship was and the harm they caused each other, and he’s accepted this, and he’s moved on, alongside alhaitham, and together they’re building something familiar, and completely new, for themselves. Rather than rejecting alhaitham out of pride for his scholarly principles and any lingering hurt, he has accepted alhaitham, the other side of the mirror, and in this, he has accepted himself, and now, he can finally make steps to move on, to better himself, alongside alhaitham

[deliriousblue]

sorry. but what do you mean the original version of the reconciliation between kant and bison (absolutely crucial to the arc of the show! we have to believe that kant is in love with bison and moreover we have to believe that bison believes that!) was two sentences long...

yes it's impressive and speaks to their talent as actors and their understanding of the characters (and i appreciate that jojo trusted them to go off script especially hearing how far off-script!) and i'm all for improvisation and actors contributing to the end result. but they shouldn't have to write or rewrite entire scenes in order for the audience to be able to correctly understand the characters and their relationship.

i would be interested to know what the original vision was (did it include kant saying he hadn't gotten to be truly himself? bison saying he gave him the chance to leave? kant pulling the gun to his own chest??) but fundamentally. the wound between kant and bison is deep; bison is incapable of killing him because he loves him but he also has no solid ground to rely on because — as far as bison knows — their entire relationship from the very beginning was built on a lie.

kant needs to convince him that it isn't, and yes obviously the whole episode leading up to the scene on the beach is part of that, but i do actually think we need that confession, after bison has given up trying to get some kind of pyrrhic revenge on kant, after he's admitted to himself and to kant both that he's not going to kill him. he needs to hear in that state that kant loves him, that kant liked being with him and making plans with him, that the lie hurt kant just as it hurt bison.

without that i do not think the scene would be as convincing. and this is a pivotal scene for the characters without which the back half of the show would simply fall apart....

[minthe-drawings]

'Luckily for Scarlett, no matter what tempo, style, or pattern played--'

[allgremlinart]

all of a sudden Italy claiming Italian Americans as their own huh

[so-that-was-okay]

I haven't seen 807 yet but I've read some spoilers. Them talking about hurdles and fighting or not for their relationship was way ahead of the story. Oliver talked about that making it sound like it was something happening in 806 but he was in fact talking about the coming episodes, not just one 🙄

This on top of the "exit interviews" really misled us. I think they had all this already planned but the journos hijacked the narrative of the show.

Interesting.

[lynxfrost13]

Do you guys think Holt and Storch Sieben ever hatefucked

[dalloneveryday]

day 195

[blutopaz15]

comfortable (or spoons, explicit edition)

rated e, 4.2k

canon s4/s5 ages...don’t like, don’t read!

“Are you, uh…comfortable getting more comfortable?” he asks, finding some words at least as he pulls at his gloves and cuffs, his eyes wandering: to the dirt, to the fire, to the sky…to her. “With me?”

Read on AO3

[blood-choke]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i'm doing my best to finish ch3 for halloween. cutting it very close. having flashbacks to college procrastination and finishing an essay and submitting it at 11:59pm. i'm doing my best! i got some feedback from a friend on this conversation that's been taking up most of my time & i'm feeling pretty comfortable now which has allowed me to really get into a rhythm. everyone cross your fingies and pray

[quilleth]

the extreme level of 0 fucks to give i feel about work lately is kind of problematic. but also...i give 0 fucks about it. just absolutely 0 motivation beyond the most bare minimum i can get away with doing and that's not even really motivation. that's just "i need to not be a complete bump on a log or i will get fired and we literally cannot afford to live if i do not have a job and also i would lose my admittedly very good healthcare that is covering therapy and medications and testing for my adhd, insomnia, and chronic fatigue." but like i don't care about it. i'm back in the office full time (i work remote during breaks) and i'm dreading it

[roguetelepaths]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Odo & OC, OC & OC Characters: Original Vorta Characters, Odo (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Founder/Vorta Dynamics, Vorta Culture, Worldbuilding Heavy Series: Part 6 of Reconciliation Timeline Summary:

Cerin meets another Vorta Aspirant in training, and decides that something must be done about the way he's being treated. Takes place in the Reconciliation Timeline, but a couple years after the point we're currently at in the main story.

For Dominion Week 8/26 - Striving for Perfection.

[kaeyapilled]

girls after reading the most heart wrenching earth shattering heavy angst with a hopeful ending kaeya-centric fic while at school and having to sit perfectly normal afterwards as if they aren't absolutely losing their mind rn

[xmen-blue]

so scott left the x-men. for the good of his marriage. historically this has gone well 🙄